What does 話し中 mean in Japanese?

話し中 (はなしちゅう) means "line is busy" in Japanese.

話し中

Q: How do you use 話し中 in a sentence?

彼の電話はずっと話し中です。 (かれのでんわはずっとはなしちゅうです。) — His phone has been busy the whole time.

Kana: はなしちゅう

line is busy

⛩️ Japanese Level 3 💡 Concepts & Ideas

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彼の電話はずっと話し中です。

かれのでんわはずっとはなしちゅうです。

His phone has been busy the whole time.

What 話し中 means

話し中 (はなしちゅう) is a Japanese word meaning “line is busy”. It belongs to the Concepts & Ideas topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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